The Nalvikins

Who are the Nalivkins (You may need to read the intro to Muslim Women in the Fergana Valley to obtain more detail about them and how they came to live in an Uzbek kishlok)? How did their social-cultural background shape the subjects discussed in the text and the style in which it is written? How and why was this ethnographic account produced? Who do you think was the intended audience of the text? How does this text differ from earlier travel accounts written by foreigners who visit the Middle East and Central Asia? What can we learn about women in Fergana Valley from this text? What questions would you not be able to answer from this source if you were trying to understand the lives of women in the Fergana Valley (e.g., would you be ​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​able to know about individual women or the thoughts and feelings of local women?)?-